Yahiko is a samurai descendant. Yahiko's father died during the Battle of Ueno during the Boshin War, slain at the Keneiji Temple. His mother died of syphilis in a brothel to put food on their table not long after giving birth to her son. Yahiko was originally forced to live as a thief for the local Yakuza, who tricked him into believing that he still had to pay off the money the gangsters gave to his mother to buy medicine. With the help of Himura Kenshin and Kamiya Kaoru, he becomes an apprentice of the Kamiya Kasshin-Ryu style. Yahiko has a friend/rival, Tsukayama Yutaro and a sweetheart, Sanjo Tsubame, who works at Akabeko.

Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past that Kenshin cannot escape. 
(Source: Anime News Network)

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Wendee Lee is an American voice actress and one of the most prolific and experienced American voice actors in the business. While she has done voicework for many video games, as well as several episodes in the Power Rangers franchise, she is particularly prolific in the dubbing of anime, where she has more credits than any other English anime voice actor with currently two hundred and fourteen credits.

She is most well known for her role as Gaignun Kukai Jr. from the Xenosaga video game series

Her true name is Yoshiko Masumoto (増本美子) and her maiden name is Tominaga (冨永).  She works for mint Avenue.

[Blog](http://ameblo.jp/tominaga-miina/)

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Rodrigo Andreatto Vieira da Costa is a Brazilian actor, voice actor, singer, narrator, and dubbing director. He is married to the voice actress [Priscila Franco](https://anilist.co/staff/109483/), older brother of [Andressa Andreatto](https://anilist.co/staff/177268/) and father of 
Sofia Andreatto.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Kendall Knight (Big Time Rush)
- Theodore Seville (Alvin and the Chipmunks movies)
- Corbin Bleu (Most of the productions)
- Chad Danforth (High School Musical trilogy and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series)
- Mobius M. Mobius (2nd voice - Since Quantumania; Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Wallace Wells (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)
- Bradley "Brad" Buttowski (Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil)
- Eli Shane (SlugTerra)
- Dib Membrane (Invader ZIM and Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus)
- Officer Benjamin Clawhauser (Zootopia and Zootopia+)
- Okita Sōgo (Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken)
- Jack Dawson (2nd dub; Titanic)
- Iago (Aladdin Live Action and Once Upon a Studio)
- Rodrick Heffley (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days)
- Rupert (Rupert)
- Flint Lockwood (Cloudy: The Series)
- Dave (Dave the Barbarian)
- Chuck (1st dub; Hjælp, jeg er en fisk)
- Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley (Harry Potter games)
!~

Well known for voicing Mark Evans (Mamoru Endou) in the French version of Inazuma Eleven.

One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
 
(Source: Viz Media)
 
Included one-shots: 
Volume 1: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (second one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls a "side-story") 
Volume 3: Rurōni -Meiji Kenkaku Romantan- (first one-shot for the series, which Watsuki calls the "pilot") 
Volume 6: Sengoku no Mikazuki (Nobuhiro Watsuki's debut one-shot) 
Volume 28: Meteor Strike

Re-adaptation of the main manga series.
 
One hundred and forty years ago in Kyoto, with the coming of the American "Black Ships," there arose a warrior who, felling men with his bloodstained blade, gained the name Hitokiri, manslayer! His killer blade helped close the turbulent Bakumatsu era and slashed open the progressive age known as Meiji. Then he vanished, and with the flow of years, became legend.
 
(Source: Viz Media)

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Caio Freire Santos, more known only as Caio Freire, is a Brazilian actor and voice actor.

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A Mexican voice actor. He is the son of [Laura of Becerril](https://anilist.co/staff/258546/Laura-Becerril).

Chicago native Erica Mendez is a longtime anime and video game fan who put in the work and became a voice actress. She has been fortunate to play some fan-favorite characters, including: Retsuko from Aggretsuko, Ryuko from KILL la KILL, Raphtalia from The Rising of the Shield Hero, and Sailor Uranus from Sailor Moon. As for video games, her voice can be heard as Kamisato Ayaka in Genshin Impact, Bernadetta in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and additionally in Street Fighter V, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, and Pokemon Masters to name a few. She’s also ventured into script adaptation and has done work on Little Witch Academia, Sailor Moon SuperS, and Dragon Pilot. 

If that weren’t enough, she also directs from time-to-time, having done so for I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and the Netflix series, Carole & Tuesday. Keep up with Erica's role announcements and incoherent rambling by following her on <a href="https://twitter.com/tsunderica?lang=en">Twitter</a>.

The second season of Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (2023). 

A phantom of the Bakumatsu who must be taken down. All the answers you desire are in Kyoto! 

(Source: Aniplex USA)

Known throughout all Japan as the Hitokiri Battousai, Rurouni Kenshin is now a lost soul cursed to seek atonement for his bloody past. Even the peace that now exists as a result of Kenshin's sword brings him no solace, driving him to wander far from those he loves. His wife, Kaoru, steadfastly awaits his return as she mourns his absence. Will Kenshin come home before she dies of grief? 
 
(Source: ADV Films)

The son of [Hans-Georg Panczak](https://anilist.co/staff/168771/HansGeorg-Panczak). His nickname is 'Jani'.

__Non-Anime Roles:__ 
~! - Kyle Broflovski - South Park (Animated TV Series)
- Luke Skywalker - The Mandalorian (TV Series)
- Pim Pimling - Smiling Friends (Animated TV series) !~


The manga features Kenshin Himura as the protagonist, once a deadly assassin during the Meiji Restoration, who is trying to find a new life beyond violence. The manga will consist of five "arcs". (Source: Anime News Network)

The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desperate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Kenshin Himura. But when Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity as the Hitokiri Battousai, his fight becomes a personal vendetta.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)

A large scale remake of the time after Kenshin leaves tokyo up until before the inferno of Kyoto.

Blake Thomas Shepard is an American voice actor who works on anime series at ADV Films, Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. 

A bonus OVA episode included in the VHS/DVD release. 
 
Note: Also known as episode 95.

It's been a few years after Kenshin gave Yahiko his sakabato. Kaoru sends Yahiko off to another dojo to look after the master's daughter while he's away. But when Yahiko arrives, the place has been already taken over by extremists and Yahiko is taken hostage as well. Now it's up to him to save the day.

The manga tells the story of a new character named Ashitarou Hasegawa, who had been held in a Tokyo prison for committing a certain crime. After being released, he encounters Aran Inoue, a boy his age, as well as a mysterious girl who had been waiting for Ashitarou's release.

The "Kenshin Kaden" basically refers to the last extra chapter (comes after the end of the manga and after Yahiko No Sakabatou) of Rurouni Kenshin entitled "Cherry Blossoms in the Spring Time" (Haru Ni Sakura). 
It was published in the Kenshin Kaden Artbook. 
(Source: The-OrO.com)

Yahiko Myojin